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Tequisquiapan, Mexico

Péndulo de Tequisquiapan

This monument marking the center of Mexico might be more political than geographical.
Nieuwerkerk aan den IJssel, Netherlands

Laagste Punt van Nederland (Lowest Point in the Netherlands)

A large measuring stick marks the lowest point of a country that is partially under sea level.
A PIRATA weather buoy, the only thing that is really at Null Island.

Null Island

A busy island at the center of the world that doesn’t actually exist.
Chicoma, photographed from Shell Mountain
Hernandez, New Mexico

Chicoma Mountain

The highest peak in the Jemez Mountains and the traditional center of the Pueblo world.
The Geographical Center of the European Union
Veitshöchheim, Germany

The Geographical Center of the European Union

This tiny German village has staked claim to being the center of the union following Brexit.
El Hierro, Spain

Monumento Meridiano Cero (Zero Meridian Monument)

What many consider the original prime meridian and westernmost point of the old world.
Stockholms Geographical Midpoint
Stockholm, Sweden

Stockholms Geographical Midpoint

The center of Stockholm can be found along this quiet street.
Piazza San Rufo, with the marker in the foreground.
Rieti, Italy

Umbilicus Italiae

The disputed geographic center, or "navel," of Italy.
The 3 points where Colorado, Kansas and Oklahoma come together.
Keyes, Colorado

3 Points Kansas, Colorado, Oklahoma

This marker identifies the location where three states converge.
The entrance to Tashanta
Tashanta, Russia

Tashanta

The last stop in southeast Russia.
The museum has other letters, mementoes and equipment.
Brisbane, Australia

Museum of Lands, Mapping, and Surveying

Its collection highlights the monumental tasks undertaken to map Queensland.
The new tri-state marker (Camak Stone still missing)
South Pittsburg, Tennessee

Camak Stone

This stone incorrectly marks the 35th parallel, causing some territorial kerfuffles.
Vaalserberg, Vaals, Netherlands.
Vaals, Netherlands

Vaalserberg

The tallest mountain in mainland Netherlands isn't actually very tall.
Semināra iela/Sepa tänav border.
Valga, Estonia

Valga/Valka Border

For the last century, this international border within a small town has appeared and disappeared various times.
Marker at the end of National Route 3, Bahia Lapataia.
Ushuaia, Argentina

Bahia Lapataia at the End of the World

The most southern point you can drive to in the Western Hemisphere.
Ferry to Cape Wrath across the Kyle of Durness.
Keoldale, Scotland

Cape Wrath

The farthest northwesterly point of the British mainland is one of the most remote places in the Scottish Highlands.
The Geographic Center of NYC is located on a traffic meridian on Queens Boulevard.
Queens, New York

Geographic Center of New York City

This mysterious marker puzzles pedestrians and infuriates geographers.
The marker.
John o' Groats, Scotland

John o' Groats Marker

The sign marks one of the endpoints to mainland Britain's longest overland travel route.